Police did however confirm they had received a second call from someone who claimed to have seen a crocodile around the Eastville Park/floating harbour system at Snuff Mills, Bristol, around three miles from the initial sighting.

Crocs are normally found in swamps in Africa, America, Asia and Australia, so a sighting in the west country is not typical.

In 2010, a large crocodile spotted in the English channel turned out to be a piece of wood.